HCPC Prescription Packaging In-Use Stability Research demonstrates that significant physical changes can occur in tablets when distributed in low barrier or multi-use containers in as little as 30 days.
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HCPC responds to FDA's Request for Comments on Draft Guidance for Industry on Safety Considerations for Container Labels and Carton Labeling Design to Minimize Medication Errors
The HCPC recently submitted a formal response to this industry guidance draft in an effort to have calendarized packaging recognized as an effective medication adherence tool. Click here for our formal response. For the FDA Draft, please click here. | |
Pharmaceutical noncompliance is a tremendous problem in the United States. Estimated annual costs of patients not taking their medications approaches $300 billion.1 It is also estimated that 125,000 Americans die annually (342 people every day) due to poor medication adherence and 10% - 25% of hospital and nursing home admissions are also caused by people's inability to take their medications as prescribed.2 More Information
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Click here for more information on how to enter your compliance-prompting packaging. Entries accepted through Feb. 27, 2015.
 2013 Compliance Package of the Year: Noven Therapeutics Brisdelle in MWV Dosepak® from PCI (Packaging Coordinators, Inc)
 Compliance Package of the Year First Runner Up: Depomed® Gralise® Starter Pack from PCI
 Compliance Package of the Year Second Runner Up: Mylan Amlodipine Besylate in MWV Shellpak® Renew with Optilock® Technology
 2013 Innovative Design Winner: Mem-O-Ring Medication Reminder Ring for Self-Administered Opthalmics
 Compliance Package of the Year First Runner Up: Med-ic® 21 Dose Multi-Med Pharmacy Seal Pack from Information Mediary Corporation
 Compliance Package of the Year Second Runner Up: Eli Lilly Strattera® Physician Sample (Dosepak®) Submitted by AndersonBrecon Inc.
Compliance-prompting packaging has been proven to increase patient adherence.
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HCPC is now a proud member of the National Council on Patient Information and Education (NCPIE)  | |
HCPC is now a proud member of the Council for Affordable Health Coverage  | |
HCPC is proud to announce it is a member of NEHI 
"There is no question that packaging is a part of the overall strategy to addressing medication adherence," Tom Hubbard, NEHI's Vice President of Policy Research... told PMP News. "Medication adherence is a metric in the quality ratings for Medicare drug plans. There are goals that are pressuring drug plans to hit targets for adherence. Payers and providers are thinking more strategically about adherence."... Healthcare plans are trying to figure out the right mix of steps to keep patients adherent and head off overall medication spending. Packaging is part of that response. My personal sense is that there are industry players that are leading the way in packaging. Walmart, for instance, has made a major commitment in its strategy to use packaging."
Read the entire PMP News article here: http://www.pmpnews.com/article/tackling-nonadherence |
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HCPC Welcomes Healthcare Packaging and Packaging World As Media Partners of RxAdherence2015
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The 2015 conference will be held March 31st at the Wyndham Hamilton Hotel & Conference Center, Florham Park, NJ, located in the heart of New Jersey's pharmaceutical industry. The one-day conference and exhibition is the singular educational event that provides patient adherence solutions, with a focus on patient adherence aided with compliance- prompting pharmaceutical packaging.
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RxAdherence2014 proved to be another year of thought provoking presentations from Pharmacy Quality Alliance, NASPA, Thrifty White Pharmacies, FDA, HCPC, California Board of Pharmacy and Contrentric Health. Click here to view valuable presentations on improving patient adherence and supply chain safety!
New research conducted on patients utilizing the Novartis Pharmaceutical Corporation's Diovan HCT®Shellpak® , a winner in the Compliance Package of the Year competition, highlights improved adherence and persistence with compliance packaging. Read more. |
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